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kescows an bys (the earth talks) 7: C19 (between times) 2020

We have all been affected by the global Covid-19 pandemic. Whether this has been through changes to our lifestyle, our jobs and financial circumstances, our health (both physical and emotional), through loss (of loved ones or strangers) or to the highly visceral environmental ramifications lockdown has had, we have experienced something deeply transformational. 

This second body of work has been made as we hesitantly move towards a new but uncertain sense of security or ‘normality’. It has primarily been painted and drawn using local Cornish earth pigments on a variety of salvaged, found and repurposed surfaces. The pieces represent intuitive conversations between myself, the materials and the contradictions of the ongoing global and local situation. As I write this we are entering a second national ‘Coronavirus Lockdown’ in the UK.

01 losing a small white box (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 26x31cm) © p ward 2020
02 surrender (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 20x22cm) © p ward 2020
03 old words, new language (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 23x15cm) © p ward 2020
04 furtive exchange (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 23x15cm) © p ward 2020
05 holding on with both hands (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 15x23cm) © p ward 2020
06 conversation with a boulder (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged timber; 15x11cm) © p ward 2020
07 intimate pathways (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 23x30cm) © p ward 2020
08 cân crwba//turtle song (Pembrokeshire earth pigments and beach fire charcoal on unstretched canvas; 178x168cm) ©️p ward/E Ramage/L Ramage 2020
09 cusanais angel/I kissed an angel (Pembrokeshire earth pigments and beach fire charcoal on salvaged card; 32x20cm) ©️p ward 2020
10 cŵn ac adar yn yr isfyd// dogs and birds in the underworld (Pembrokeshire earth pigments and beach fire charcoal on salvaged board; 77x57cm) ©️p ward (and Agnes Owen-Ward) 2020
11 mae angen iaith wahanol / a different language is needed (Pembrokeshire earth pigments and beach fire charcoal on salvaged board; 77x57cm) ©️p ward 2020
12 medium (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 33x40cm) © p ward 2020
13 earth troupe (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 41x30cm) © p ward 2020
14 shapeshifter (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 37x45cm) © p ward 2020
15 trevethow/home (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 30x41cm) © p ward 2020
16 diwedhva-derowyow /ending-beginning (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged card; 2 20x19cm panels) © p ward 2020
17 airborne (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board; 41x30cm) © p ward 2020
18 bindstone (Cornish earth pigments on board in salvaged frame; 49x39cm) © p ward 2020
19 crouch in stars (Cornish earth pigments on watercolour board in salvaged frame; 39x49cm) © p ward 2020
20 vacuous (Cornish earth pigments salvaged frame; 37x37cm) © p ward 2020
21 veil of tears (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged wood; 27x33cm) © p ward 2020
22 mistle thrush balloon - winter shouts its appeal (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 152x152cm) © p ward 2020
23 un-COUPLEd (Cornish earth pigments on salvaged frame; 54x64cm) © p ward 2020
24 kowethes - os oll dre me kara / companion - you are all that I like (Cornish earth pigments on paper; 152x184cm) © p ward 2020

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